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Battle of Blair Mountain 20th Century History (mander.xyz)
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[–] 29 points 6 months ago (9 children)

I remember my history textbook mentioning Blair Mountain, but the curriculum (which didn't have nearly enough time to actually cover all the material in the textbook, even just in the period we were focusing on) didn't mention it at all.

C'est la vie. Or c'est la underfunded and poorly organized public school system.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I would assume it's not just poorly funded, but that the decision makers have a strong interest in what gets focus.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I had some classes entirely directed by the AP tests. My AP us history teacher took each years test and calculated the percentage of questions per period.

    So we spent an absurd time on reconstruction

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    As I remember it, the reason we didn't have enough time to cover the rest of the book is that we spent a full 6-7 years learning about WWII repeatedly. Like the same fucking curriculum multiple years.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    As I remember it, the reason we didn’t have enough time to cover the rest of the book is that we spent a full 6-7 years learning about WWII repeatedly. Like the same fucking curriculum multiple years.

    Ah, the good old "We're not sure what the previous class was teaching so let's redo the whole thing" level of public school coordination.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    that's a political, not a financial decision

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    That is something that came out of the Texas textbooks. Nobody really paid any attention to whoever was running a scame of the price of textbooks.

    I'm not sure how that gets taught in homeschool programs (once again one and you'd just expect some scammers).

    They sure went after school boards though.

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